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intervallmäßig

English translation: cycling operation


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German term or phrase:intervallmäßig
English translation:cycling operation
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Tech/Engineering - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
German term or phrase: intervallmäßig
A patent for a vaporization system for brine that forms on dump sites:

"Insbesondere ein intervallmaessiger Betrieb kann sich empfehlen, wenn ein wesentlicher Teil der Verdunstung erst and der Haldenoberflaeche erfolgen soll."
lmulter
United States
cycling operation
Explanation:
Cycling operation can be recommended ...

Cycling operation provides the greatest way to realize energy
savings as inlet air temperature drops.
http://www.zeks.com/PDF/ZEKS HeatSink 75-2400.pdf
(7.070 Google hits)
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Johannes Gleim
Germany
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2cycling operation
Johannes Gleim
3 +1intermittent operation
Cilian O'Tuama
3 -4moderate interval
spielenschach1
Summary of reference entries provided
some compositions with -mäßig
Johannes Gleim
How to type German Umlautscasper

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -4
moderate interval


Explanation:
http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&rlz=1R2GGLL_en&q=modera...

Mäßig - adj moderate



spielenschach1
Portugal
Local time: 09:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Johannes Gleim: has nothing to do with moderate.
12 mins
  -> http://www.woxikon.de/deutsch-englisch/mäßig.php

disagree  lisa23: autsch
17 mins
  -> http://www.woxikon.de/deutsch-englisch/mäßig.php

disagree  Susanne Schiewe (medical & IT translations): .
33 mins
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disagree  Steffen Walter: Entirely off the mark re. the meaning of the German term. / Goes to show that dictionary entries are rarely appropriate. Your quote is irrelevant as it refers to the meaning of "mäßig" as a stand-alone adjective, which does not apply to the case at hand.
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  -> http://www.woxikon.de/deutsch-englisch/mäßig.php
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cycling operation


Explanation:
Cycling operation can be recommended ...

Cycling operation provides the greatest way to realize energy
savings as inlet air temperature drops.
http://www.zeks.com/PDF/ZEKS HeatSink 75-2400.pdf
(7.070 Google hits)

Johannes Gleim
Germany
Local time: 10:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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agree  franglish: operation in cycles, would be my take
27 mins
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agree  robin25
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
intervallmäßiger Betrieb
intermittent operation


Explanation:
where the waste is allowed to "rest", as opposed to "continuous operation", where it's not.

there might be a better term, but I reckon that's what it means.



Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 10:23
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Swift: Agree with lmulter (The asker chose "intermittent operation" as the "most helpful".)
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Reference comments


32 mins
Reference: some compositions with -mäßig

Reference information:
..
unscheduled adj. außerplanmäßig
bankable adj. [bank.] bankmäßig
negotiable adj. [bank.] bankmäßig
instructional adj. befehlsmäßig
makeshift adj. behelfsmäßig
provisional adj. behelfsmäßig
professional adj. berufsmäßig
..
to mass-produce fabrikmäßig herstellen
to operate according to time-table fahrplanmäßig verkehren
to run according to time-table fahrplanmäßig verkehren
to arrive on schedule [aviat.] flugplanmäßig eintreffen
to apply evenly gleichmäßig auftragen
to apportion sth. etw.Akk. gleichmäßig zuteilen
..
more entries found (except for intervallmäßig" at
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...

Johannes Gleim
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Reference: How to type German Umlauts

Reference information:
How to type German Umlauts
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/materials/um...

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